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Hawaiian Folk Tales - A Collection of Native Legends by Various
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names of various meanings, though the most generally occurring,
and said to be the oldest, was _Kalana-i-hau-ola_ (Kalana with
the life-giving dew). It was situated in a large country, or
continent, variously called in the legends Kahiki-honua-kele,
Kahiki-ku, Kapa-kapa-ua-a-Kane, Molo-lani. Among other names
for the primary homestead, or paradise, are _Pali-uli_ (the blue
mountain), _Aina-i-ka-kaupo-o-Kane_ (the land in the heart of Kane),
_Aina-wai-akua-a-Kane_ (the land of the divine water of Kane). The
tradition says of Pali-uli, that it was a sacred, tabooed land; that
a man must be righteous to attain it; if faulty or sinful he will not
get there; if he looks behind he will not get there; if he prefers his
family he will not enter Pali-uli." "Among other adornments of the
Polynesian Paradise, the Kalana-i-hau-ola, there grew the _Ulu kapu
a Kane_, the breadfruit tabooed for Kane, and the _ohia hemolele_,
the sacred apple-tree. The priests of the olden time are said to
have held that the tabooed fruits of these trees were in some manner
connected with the trouble and death of Kumuhonua and Lalahonua,
the first man and the first woman. Hence in the ancient chants he is
called _Kane-laa-uli, Kumu-uli, Kulu-ipo_, the fallen chief, he who
fell on account of the tree, or names of similar import."

According to those legends of Kumuhonua and Wela-ahi-lani, "at the
time when the gods created the stars, they also created a multitude
of angels, or spirits (_i kini akua_), who were not created like
men, but made from the spittle of the gods (_i kuhaia_), to be their
servants or messengers. These spirits, or a number of them, disobeyed
and revolted, because they were denied the _awa_; which means that
they were not permitted to be worshipped, _awa_ being a sacrificial
offering and sign of worship. These evil spirits did not prevail,
however, but were conquered by Kane, and thrust down into uttermost
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